1. 1 PICT -3- BXL DAY Public Participation and the Use of ICT

2. 2 Agenda (1) Zoom in on BXL Public Participation in Neighbourhood Contracts Site Visits: Neighbourhood contracts in BXL/ Schaarbeek Historic/morphological structures of BXL Sites for study in research and education Recyclart: Art + Work + Public Space + Social Cohesion

3. 3 Agenda (2) Expo Development of tools 1: ‘3DP’ Development of tools 2: ‘4D’

4. 4 Zoom in on Brussels (0) BRUSSELS IN GENERAL (1) WHAT? Fringes and fractures (2) WHO? Urban arena

5. 5 Zoom in on Brussels (1) (0) BRUSSELS IN GENERAL Topography / Morphology Zenne Maalbeek Canal

6. 6 Zoom in on Brussels (1) Historical: Pentagon/ first and second crown (0) BRUSSELS IN GENERAL

7. 7 Zoom in on Brussels (1) Administrative delimitation Brussels Capital Region 19 municipalities (no neighbourhoods) Statistical sectors Tension with morphological development Morbid grow of the ‘peripherical’ No boarder for economy and infrastructure Compact Region with high institutional density (0) BRUSSELS IN GENERAL

8. 8 Zoom in on Brussels (1) City of Brussels shifts in the 19th century location of lever zones relation city - region - federal state heritage (mayors and kings) economic activities (offices, administration, Heyzel, tourism) (0) BRUSSELS IN GENERAL

9. 9 Zoom in on Brussels (1) Brussels ‘CAPITAL’ European headquarters State capital NATO Brussels Capital Region (0) BRUSSELS IN GENERAL  Central functions for Flanders  Ministries from the Frenchspeaking community

10. 10 Zoom in on Brussels (1) Urban Fractures Vaulting of the Zenne Leopold II: Roi Urbaniste (1865 - 1909) North-South Junction ‘Manhattan’ European Quarter Brussels (0) BRUSSELS IN GENERAL

11. 11 Zoom in on Brussels (2) Urban policies Planning tools on regional and municipal level Small-scale interventions Urban Arena actions, media and debate Urban Development on-site (0) CONCEPTS/ BRUSSELS IN GENERAL

12. 12 Zoom in on Brussels (2) Planning tools today Regional Development Plan www.gewop.irisnet.be Regional Land Use Plan www.gbp.irisnet.be Municipal Development Plans Specific Land Use Plans 1962 National Planning Law 1979 Regional Plan 1991 Regional Planning Law Brussels (0) CONCEPTS/ BRUSSELS IN GENERAL

13. 13 Zoom in on Brussels (2) Urban policies: Small-scale interventions Urban Permits (regional functionaries) Primes, subsidies, urban duties Local interventions: URBAN, Interreg, Objective II, ‘Four cities’ Neighbourhood contracts Prior Action Programmes SIF-interventions Actions and research (0) CONCEPTS/ BRUSSELS IN GENERAL

14. 14 Actors in Urban Planning Policy makers: elected and administration, region and municipalities Civil society: different interest groups, overarching and local Market: Economical Actors and Sectoral Interests (2) TOELICHTING EMPIRISCH GEDEELTE Diversity of actors and interests, domains But: All actors on the same level? Free and flexible co-operation? Public Negotiation?

15. 15 Zoom in on Brussels (2) Urban Development on-site ? Plan and realisation: Unaccomplished Modernism Use of space: Lived functionality and shifts of population Actions and debate: diverse audiences (e.g. Plein Open Air, Citoyen et Participation, Studio Open City, Disturb, Conference Draps, etc.) >> obvious and hidden development >>the unintended (and unexpected?) (0) CONCEPTS/ BRUSSELS IN GENERAL